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Upgrade or replace?

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Amadeus484

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Greetings. I am not sure if this is the right place for this topic, but I have a problem I need help with.

I have an older system, and I am not sure whether to just get a new system and give this one to one of my friends, or try my best to upgrade it as much as I can. Here are the specs of my computer:

- ASUS A8N-VM CSM (socket 939)
- AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8 ghz, Winchester core)
- 1 gig DDR-400 RAM (2x512 meg)
- BFGTech brand GeForce 7800 GTX
- 210 gig total hard drive space, both drives IDE
- DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
- DVD-RW drive
- 3.5" Floppy drive, for legacy programs I have on disc

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Well what are you doing now that you feel that your current rig is no longer capable of doing well?
 
If you feel your current system is not good enough, it would be best to buy an entirely new system. Socket 939 is a dead platform, so the cost of upgrading your computer's components would probably be around the same as if you were to simply buy a brand new computer with superior parts all around.
 
Zero82z said:
If you feel your current system is not good enough, it would be best to buy an entirely new system. Socket 939 is a dead platform, so the cost of upgrading your computer's components would probably be around the same as if you were to simply buy a brand new computer with superior parts all around.
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+1 to that.

but if u do upgrade, try not to spend alot.

go for 500-600 max

new hardware coming out soon. :)
 
I would try and hold out. Maybe overclock the processor and get another gig of memory.
 
lamboman said:
I would try and hold out. Maybe overclock the processor and get another gig of memory.
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For what? New video cards have hit the market and I don't see waiting for Nehalem is still at least 6 months away for reasonably priced chips (besides the cost of new motherboard architecture and DDR3). If you're unhappy with performance, I say go ahead and build a new rig. If you're concerned about upcoming tech, then build a cheap E21xx based computer.
 
aethelwulf said:
For what? New video cards have hit the market and I don't see waiting for Nehalem is still at least 6 months away for reasonably priced chips (besides the cost of new motherboard architecture and DDR3). If you're unhappy with performance, I say go ahead and build a new rig. If you're concerned about upcoming tech, then build a cheap E21xx based computer.
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I do understand what you are saying, and yes, an E2xxx series chip would be quite a bit faster, but I don't see any major problems with the current rig for gaming. It won't run at anything near highest settings of course, low-mid, but it is sufficient.
 
Skt 775 is a well established platform, and to upgrade to Nehalem would require a boatload of money, so building a skt 775 system would be your best bet. Hopefully intel will release several more cpu's for 775 before they phase out the platform that would allow some 6 or 8 core's with just a bios update.
 
Thanks for the advice. Right now, the main reason I'd want to replace at least some of my parts is because of the fact that I noticed some of the newer games I'd want to get (I'm looking at you, Mass Effect) list requirements that my system is a little short on. I do know the requirements are a little higher than what they really run with, but I don't want to be playing games which seem more like a slideshow than a game.
 
Amadeus484 said:
Thanks for the advice. Right now, the main reason I'd want to replace at least some of my parts is because of the fact that I noticed some of the newer games I'd want to get (I'm looking at you, Mass Effect) list requirements that my system is a little short on. I do know the requirements are a little higher than what they really run with, but I don't want to be playing games which seem more like a slideshow than a game.
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I upgrade your graphics card to a 4850 then.
 
A new graphics card would be a good upgrade since you could carry it over to a new system when you build one. You'll probably be CPU-bottlenecked, but if you plan on upgrading completely in the near future it would be a good way to go.
 
The 4850, eh? I'll have to look that up, since I haven't been paying much attention to ATI video cards since the x series.. Thanks for the advice.
 
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